General practitioner

Job summary

We are replacing our senior partner, who is stepping down into peri-retirement. We would look to appoint to a fixed-term salaried partner contract for a 6 - 12 month period of mutual appraisal, with conversion to a profit-sharing partnership thereafter.

Flexible time commitment 4 - 6 sessions per week.

We are friendly and democratic. Our ethos has always been that work should be fun and satisfying for the team, and patient-centred and holistic for those whom we serve.

We have a strong focus on continuity of care. Our practice team is traditional: excellent doctors, practice nurses and an HCA; and embracing the support of superb clinical pharmacists from the PCN.

If you want to enjoy your job, look no further.

Main duties of the job

As well as the usual duties of a GP, we have a well-established private minor surgery practice alongside our NHS work (the successful applicant would not be expected to undertake minor surgery but would be fully supported should they be interested).

We embrace portfolio careers (the medical team range between 3 6 sessions per week) and are supportive of the successful candidate developing interests in clinical or educational areas. We are enthusiastic medical generalists with current in-house special expertise encompassing orthopaedic and musculoskeletal medicine, joint injections, dermatology (including dermoscopy), psychological medicine, minor surgery, and the full range of womens health including LARCs fitting. We all value a healthy balance between work and home life.

About us

Westfield Surgery is an ever-growing 3 partner practice located in the pleasant dormitory town of Radstock, close to Bath, Bristol, and Wells, and the countryside and villages between. Current list size 5,300.

Our practice population is skewed towards young families and working-age adults, and is ideal for those who enjoy paediatrics. We have a good number of loyal older patients to maintain our interest in elderly care, but we have no nursing home commitments and a correspondingly light home visiting load.

- Excellent patient satisfaction scores

- Active focus on continuity of care

- Highly regarded training practice with a clinical supervisor and a TPD numbering among the medical team

- High QOF achievement, member of the thriving Three Valleys Health PCN (67,000 patients)

- Superb practice organisation with a carefully crafted mix of appointment types and no duty doctor system

- Low staff turnover, long-term stability among the medical and nursing teams.

- In-house mentoring available for the successful candidate if in the early years post-CCT